Life of Wry

I know.. we’re approaching late June.. a bit late to be planting our summer garden. Note to self: do NOT let this happen again next year.

But, sigh, it happened this year, due to the usual an unfortunate series of unfortunate events in the life of our gardener Mary. Really, really like Mary and I will continue to accommodate the craziness that is her life and just get better at workarounds. Like, next year, Jim and I will plant our own garden. I mean, how hard can it be? We were silly not to just do it this year, but, well.. we just didn’t.

But hey, enough about that. Today we (well, Mary… thanks, Mary!), planted tomatoes, basil, eggplant, zucchini and chard. Really, the only things we care about. We’ve had countless other veggies over the years, but don’t eat anything but the above. So that’s what we’re going to plant from now on. We also have strawberries and some chives.. both of which are fine, too. Don’t judge us.

Some pics:

A little sparse, but it’s coming along. Some are seeds (since all the starts are gone for the year).

But hey… look at these plums!

(Now, THAT’S a LOT of plums!)

Our fig crop looks very wimpy this year, our nectarines all seemed to get eaten by the squirrels, and our lemons and mandarines have YET to produce. But will ya look at those plums!

And also, check out this amazing succulent. Its blooms are otherworldly and are coming up for the first time (like, this week!).

Interesting, huh?

And for the record: the yards (front and back) are .. complicated. There is just a lot going on in both. The back, especially is fairly large and is full from end to end, corner to corner. It’s a lot to keep up with. And right now?, it’s starting to look great again! There’s enough right now to keep Mary busy for 3 hours a week and she’s got a handle on it all and I’m hopeful that after three years, we’re settling into a good, sustainable rhythm.

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In other news: attended the trial setting conference today with Maria.. held in Dept 14 on the 5th floor of the Yolo County Courthouse, Judge McAdam presiding (as he has from the beginning). Trial date: April 28, 2025. Once we got over the shock of that, I think we both came to realize it’s a reasonable date under the circumstances and will give all parties sufficient time to mount their cases. Justice moves slowly.

Unfortunately for me, I’ll miss the first week, at least, as I’ll be wildly celebrating Peter’s PhD defense and graduation in Ann Arbor! More on all that in due time.